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Pappy:
I have had bad luck recurving the tips on White wood with dry heat,I would boil or steam.
Not to say it can't be done successfully but I haven't had any luck at it.It always flakes up on the belly ,Bad.Haven't tried Ash my experience has been with Hickory. :)
Pappy
Justin Snyder:
If it is a 71" bow, I would leave it that long. The extra couple of inches will make it a lot more forgiving. I like steam to do the tips and dry heat for the limb reflex. Take the tiller nice and slow. If you get any resemblance of a hinge in that limb that runs out. At 29" it could blow really easy. I had a guava with run out grain like that. I silk backed it, and it still blew on the grain run out. It showed no sign of a hinge, but 29" puts a lot of pressure on any piece of wood. Justin
DanaM:
Frank this is a white ash board 1/2" thick that I used dry heat on. Not an extreme recurve but it went
I didn't think it was going to work but it eventually got hot enough and they bent, go real slow if you try it.
I reflex ash on the caul always now helps reduce the set and make sure the wood is dry, damp ash takes lots of set.
Good luck
Dana
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medicinewheel:
again: thanks everybody for the great help!
i will tiller the bow slowly anyway, because i always had the best results doing so. i started roughing out the bow with handtools today and figured it's certainly not the best piece of wood. but hey...
i shortend each limb ('piked' that is i learned just recently ;D ) by half an inch just to get a clear cut at the ends. i also will not go for 29" draw, 27", maybe 28". it's a learning project.
yes dana, that's the sort of recurve i meant. and i'll use steam for bending.
i'll keep you guys posted.
frank
medicinewheel:
it's going to be the first flat-bellied bow .... well: life is for learning, right?!
hey guys! - i worked on the fadeouts a bit and found that i did not really know what they are supposed to be shaped like, how long they should be and what's a good way and good tools to do the job.
any recommendations here???
frank
ps: the thickness at the fadeout is by far not even yet. that's why the grain looks weird
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